[libvirt-users] virsh : Need help to manage a vm on a remote vmWare
Hello, I'm trying to use the tool virsh of libvirt. I want to manage via CLI a vm on a vmware hypervisor which is hosted on a remote host (Is that what you call the node??). I read a lot of thing on your site but I really don't understand how to do something... I saw that:
virsh edit $your-vm-name
I think "$your-vm-name" is the xml file you're talking about? Is it mandatory to use those XML file in order to use virsh? (Because it is very huge!) I also saw this way of using virsh :
virsh --connect esx://user@hypervisorHost://path/to/myVM.vmx
Result is: error: invalid argument in libvirt was built without the 'esx' driver What is the problem here? For information, I installed libvirt-0.8.7, can you give me the first step to manage an existing vm hosted on a distant vmWare (via CLI). Thank you in advance.
2011/2/2 Etienne GOSSET <ego@ubiqube.com>:
Hello,
I’m trying to use the tool virsh of libvirt.
I want to manage via CLI a vm on a vmware hypervisor which is hosted on a remote host (Is that what you call the node??).
You say hosted, so what VMware hypervisor are you using? VMware ESX(i), Server (aka GSX), Player or Workstation? VMware Server, Player and Workstation are the hosted ones. Hosted means that they are installed as an application on a common OS like Linux, Windows or Mac.
I read a lot of thing on your site but I really don’t understand how to do something…
I saw that:
virsh edit $your-vm-name
I think “$your-vm-name” is the xml file you’re talking about?
No, $your-vm-name refers to the name of the virtual machine, not a patch to a file.
Is it mandatory to use those XML file in order to use virsh? (Because it is very huge!)
The domain XML files are a core aspect of libvirt and virsh. I wouldn't call this fies huge, they typically have 20-30 lines. See http://www.libvirt.org/drvesx.html#xmlconfig for a typical example.
I also saw this way of using virsh :
virsh --connect esx://user@hypervisorHost://path/to/myVM.vmx
This looks like random guessing, as in none of the VMware specific driver in libvirt you can specify the path to a .vmx file. Where did you saw this?
Result is:
error: invalid argument in libvirt was built without the 'esx' driver
What is the problem here?
Your libvirt was compiled without the VMware vSphere/ESX driver that supports VMware vSphere/ESX(i) and VMware Server. For VMware Player and Workstation you'll need the other VMware driver, that was recently added. The later one has no additional dependencies and should be available by default. If you compiled libvirt from source yourself you need to have the libcurl development package installed. Otherwise the configure script will disable ESX support. If you installed libvirt as package from your distro then your distro decided to disable ESX support.
For information, I installed libvirt-0.8.7, can you give me the first step to manage an existing vm hosted on a distant vmWare (via CLI).
Sure, we'll try to help you, but first we need to know to which of VMware's hypervisors you actually want to talk to: VMware ESX(i), Server (aka GSX), Player or Workstation. Matthias
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